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Missouri is among more than 30 states that have adopted some version of stand your ground laws over the past two decades.

Jones met with state lawmakers Tuesday, advocating to keep the city’s 1% earnings tax and to stave off state control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Treasurer Vivek Malek began meeting with gambling company operatives in August to discuss ways to promote programs in his office.

One critic said it had a loophole large enough to drive a truck through.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell and former state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, as expected, as challenging the two-term incumbent.

County Councilman Joe Brazil is being challenged by Nathan Bibb, a five-year member of the O'Fallon City Council.

The previous record high temperature for Feb. 27, set in 1981, was 79 degrees. Thermometers reached 79 degrees before noon on Tuesday, and they only rose from there.

Derek D. Brown, 50, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of assault of a federal officer and two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime.

Police on Tuesday identified the man struck by a car and killed early Sunday in the city's Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

“The Missouri Democratic Party does not wish to associate with you as a candidate,” read a letter given to Unsicker.

The 17-year-old who escaped from a detention facility more than three weeks ago was back in custody Tuesday morning.

In Antarctica, the water you drink from melting glaciers could have fallen hundreds or thousands of years ago.

Several council seats will be competitive in August. Councilwoman Shalonda Webb faces a challenge from former councilwoman and state legislator Rochelle Walton Gray.

St. Louis singer-songwriter Katarra Parson will perform at the Dark Room after a period of personal and professional turmoil during which she felt blackballed.

Michael Sloan Jr., 42, was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for dousing Susanne Tomlinson in gasoline and setting her Troy, Illinois, home on fire.

The video shows an SUV blowing through a red light and hitting the two pedestrians without braking while driving about 70 miles per hour.

“When you’re not cutting the check, everything else you’re talking about reparations is null and void,” one meeting attendee said.

West Pine Apartments is sought after for its nice location, but residents say problems aren’t being addressed.

St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III talks about Ballpark Village and the organization’s role as a leader on downtown issues.

Missouri law says that “life begins at conception.” But conception is not defined, and it is unclear if conception includes embryos create through in vitro fertilization.